Jackson Town Hall is getting a Pollinator Garden!

Jackson Town Hall is getting a Pollinator Garden!

The Mountain Garden Club brings a pollinator garden to Jackson Town Hall!

Learning to love insects was the best part of my 2023 gardening year!

Learning to love insects was the best part of my 2023 gardening year!

The Catskill’s Potter Wasp was one of many insects creating a healthy ecosystem in the 2023 garden!

Foliage Redux and Minimal Fall Clean-Up

Foliage Redux and Minimal Fall Clean-Up

Minimal Fall Clean-up is Essential to Protect Pollinators and Beneficial Insects.

Late Season Stars

Late Season Stars

The native garden truly brings bizarre surprises – this week we found a Larch Toltype Moth looking like a tiny Viking warrior!

Mesmerizing Moths, Monarchs, Milkweed and More…

Mesmerizing Moths, Monarchs, Milkweed and More…

A Painted Lichen Moth is one of many hard to see moths – true gems of the native garden!

Bzzz, Bzzz, Bzzz …

Bzzz, Bzzz, Bzzz …

Close-up views of insects reveal the hidden charms of the native garden!

Our Garden was part of the Mountain Garden Club Tour

Our Garden was part of the Mountain Garden Club Tour

Ours was one of eight Valley gardens included on the Mountain Garden Club tour July 21 and 22nd!

The Window Box Saga

The Window Box Saga

The window box saga – are there good alternatives to planting annuals which might harm the pollinators? There are, but it’s not as easy as going to the local garden center. Here’s what we decided to do.

Could Annual Flowers Harm Pollinators?

Could Annual Flowers Harm Pollinators?

Bright showy annuals are showing up at garden centers and are hard to resist after our long snowy winter. But could they be harming our pollinators?